Flooring could be even more “green,” thanks to an inexpensive, simple method developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison materials engineers that allows them to convert footsteps into usable electricity

Chemist group wins NSF award to access supercomputer network

The cancer therapy targets specific cancer cells using single-walled carbon nanotubes that bind directly to the tumor, then are heated with near-infrared light

Berkeley Lab and University of Colorado-Boulder team develop new way to reveal crystal features in functional materials

In the new study, researchers used an advanced scanning transmission electron microscope to measure isotopes in nanometer-sized areas of a graphene sample

Rice University scientists improve method to pull greenhouse gas from natural gas streams

The measurement tool, known as the Materials Analysis Particle Probe (MAPP), was built by a consortium that includes Princeton University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The automated process is controlled by weaving a STEM instrument’s electron beam through a liquid-filled cell to spur deposition of metal onto a silicon microchip

Work could mean a boost in functionality for semiconductor electronics and in capacity for data storage

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have designed an inexpensive thermal energy storage system that will be significantly smaller and perform more than 20 times better than current thermal systems

Perovskites are optically active, semiconducting compounds that are known to display intriguing electronic, light-emitting, and chemical properties

Discovery could make water-splitting reaction cheaper, more efficient